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A Minneapolis man is facing federal charges after he reportedly used his position at a financial institution to launder money for a Mexican cartel.
The U.S. Department of Justice says 46-year-old Christopher A. Bravo Marin, aka Bravo, a Mexican national, is accused of conspiring to launder at least $750,000 in drug proceeds on behalf of the Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG).
According to the DOJ, Homeland Security Investigations special agents arrested Bravo on Monday.
“The indictment alleges that this defendant abused his position at a financial institution to help the CJNG cartel launder money from its drug sales back to Mexico,” said Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. “Cartels rely on financial facilitators to ensure that cartel leadership in Mexico receive the profits from the heinous crimes they perpetrate here ...
